Sono Motors, the company building an electric vehicle that’s partially powered by the sun, debuted its flagship Sion in New York City this week as part of a multi-city tour throughout the U.S. The company aims to launch the $25,000 five-seater hatchback in Europe first — production is expected to start in the second half…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Members of the European Parliament have lodged complaints against three tech giants, Amazon, Google and Meta, with the EU’s Transparency Register — aka, the oversight process that’s intended to track lobbying activity aimed at the bloc’s lawmakers — accusing the trio of breaching the lobbying transparency rules by using smaller front organizations to press their…
Beyond Meat plans to lay off about 200 employees, or 19% of its workforce, according to a regulatory filing disclosed Friday. The company cited declining sales and said the layoffs are “based on cost-reduction initiatives intended to reduce operating expenses…and target cash flow positive operations within the second half of 2023.” Beyond Meat expects the…
SAVE 60%: As of Oct. 14, you can get a year of Peacock Premium for just $19.99 rather than its usual cost of $49.99 — that breaks down to just $1.67 per month. Is Halloween Ends actually the end of the Halloween franchise? Maybe so, maybe not — but unless you actually make your way to the…
There are plenty of ways to pay your favorite creators: by tipping them on OnlyFans, using Super Chats and Super Thanks on Youtube, or adding to their tip jars on TikTok and Tumblr. Monetization is different for every platform, and on Facebook, there’s the donation button, Facebook Stars. But when you give with Facebook Stars, you’re…
We already know this to be true, but Google search trends prove it: Halloween-franchise villain Michael Myers and Jell-O shots will never die. A recent report from the search giant revealed 2022’s top Halloween trends, which includes boringly obvious costume searches for things like witch and cowboy. But there were a couple of eye-opening standouts…
Microsoft Teams is about to receive an update that will establish a whole new use case for the collaboration and video conferencing platform. As explained in the latest addition to the official roadmap, Microsoft Teams will soon support a new meeting type called “virtual appointments”. The idea is to give B2C businesses a simple way…
The news: Attitudes toward investing vary markedly across generations, causing delays in the generational wealth transfer that’s about to begin and posing new challenges for financial advisors, according to a Bank of America report. Read the original article on Business Insider Read More
“Plan A” is an audio-visual simulation that shows how so-called “tactical” nuclear weapons could lead to a highly fatal global conflict between the Russia, the US, and allies. Princeton University/Nuclear Futures Lab A simulation called “Plan A” produced by researchers shows how the use of one so-called tactical or low-yield nuclear weapon could lead to…
This diagram provides a snapshot of where to go in a radiation emergency. FEMA The threat of nuclear war, though distant, is prominent thanks to the invasion of Ukraine. Nuclear weapons are deadly, but their worst effects are confined to a limited zone. Here is how to best protect yourself in case of a nuclear…